Because of their excellent stability and highly specific surface area, carbon based materials have received attention as electrode materials of electrical double-layer capacitors(EDLCs). Biomass based carbon materials have been studied for electrode materials of EDLCs; these materials have low capacitance and high-rate performance. We fabricated tofu based porous activated carbon by polymer dissolution reaction and KOH activation. The activated porous carbon(APC-15), which has an optimum condition of 15 wt%, has a high specific surface area(1,296.1 m2 g−1), an increased average pore diameter(2.3194 nm), and a high mesopore distribution(32.4 %), as well as increased surface functional groups. In addition, APC has a high specific capacitance(195 F g−1) at low current density of 0.1 A g−1 and excellent specific capacitance(164 F g−1) at high current density of 2.0 A g−1. Due to the increased specific surface area, volume ratio of mesopores, and surface functional groups, the specific capacitance and high-rate performance increased. Consequently, the tofu based activated porous carbon can be proposed as an electrode material for high-performance EDLCs.

Three kinds of porous polymer were synthesized using a solvothermal of tri-4,4’- diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI-trimer) and different diamino monomers. The effects of the synthesis conditions and the monomer selection on the synthesis of porous polymer properties were studied. The results show that the synthesis of NH2-containing monomer molecules smaller the microporous polymers was easy to implement; the specific surface areas of the polymers are related to the monomer ratio and the reaction time. The results show that the synthesized porous polymer had good hydrogen storage performance; the hydrogen storage ability improved with the addition of heterocyclic nitrogen.

Graphene oxide (GO) has been extensively studied for membrane material for gas and liquid separation due to its outstanding features such as selective CO2 or water vapor transport properties. Although GO membranes can be easily fabricated in the form of thin-film composite membranes by using high-flux polymeric support membranes, it shows relatively low gas permeability due to high tortuosity. Here we report the way to improve gas permeation rate through porous graphene oxide by reducing the gas permeation pathway, with maintaining GO’s two-dimensional structure. We also used polymer, which has high CO2/N2 selectivity, and prepared GO/polymer composite membranes as a function of GO concentration. This study will provide a further insight on how such two-dimensional nanosheets can be harmonized with polymer and improved membrane properties.

양극산화 알루미나(AAO)막의 나노 사이즈 미세공(세공 크기 20 nm, 10 nm 및 200 nm)을 주형으로 사용하여 전도성 고분자인 폴리피롤, 폴리아닐린 중합체 및 폴리피롤/폴리아닐린 공중합체 나노와이어를 제조하였다. 미세공 주형 내에서 전도성 고분자의 성장은 세공의 벽면을 따라 튜브 형태로서 성장하였으며, 3시간 이후에는 내부가 완전히 채워진 나노와이어가 형성되었다. AAO 막을 수산화나트륨 용액으로 퍼리하여 세공 내에 형성된 전도성 고분자 나노와이어를 회수 하였으며. 회수된 나노와이어 직경과 길이는 주형 막의 세공 형상과 일치하였다. 통상의 용액 중합법으로 제조된 전도성 고분자 분말과 비교하여 주형 합성법으로 제조된 전도성 고분자 나노와이어는 결정성과 열적 안정성이 향상되었으며, 전기 저항은 4~60% 감소하였다.

Porous HAp with three-dimensional network channels was prepared in a polymer foam process using a in-situ formation. HAp/polyol with various HAp solid contents was formed with an addition of isocyanate. Under all conditions, the obtained porous HAp had pore sizes ranging 50 μm to 250 μm. The influence of the HAp content on the physical and mechanical properties of porous HAp scaffolds was investigated. As the solid content increased, the porosity of the porous HAp decreased from 79.3% to 77.9%. On the other hand, the compressive strength of the porous HAp increased from 0.7 MPa to 3.7 MPa. With a HAp solid content of 15 g, the obtained porous HAp had physical properties that were more suitable for scaffolds compared to other conditions.

이산화황 흡수 수용액이 다공성 분리막 접촉기를 연속적으로 순환하는 시스템에서 다양한 운전변수에 따른 이산화황의 분리 효율을 고찰하였다. 공급 기체로는 이산화황/공기 혼합 기체를 사용하였으며 흡수제로는 Na2SO3 수용액을 사용하였다. 운전 변수들인 흡수제 농도와 공급 기체 내의 이산화황 농도, 분리막 재질, 흡수제 유속 변화에 따른 분리 효율에 대한 영향을 확인하고자 하였다. 흡수제의 농도 0.05 M에서 0.2 M로 증가할수록 이산화황 제거 효율은 74%에서 100%로 증가하였다. 이산화황 농도가 700 ppm에서 2,500 ppm으로 증가할수록 제거 효율은 100%에서 75%로 감소하였다. 또한 흡수제의 유속이 2.5 mL/min에서 15 mL/min으로 증가할수록 제거 효율은 85%에서 100%로 증가하였고, 분리막은 기공률이 클수록 제거 효율이 증가함을 확인할 수 있었다.

다공성 폴리비닐리덴플루오라이드(PVDF, polyvinylidenefluoride) 그리고 폴리테트라플루오르에틸렌(PTFE, Polytetrafluoroethylene)에 대하여 순수한 물, 0.1 M～4.0 M NaOH 수용액, 그리고 0.1 M～3.0 M NaHSO3 수용액을 사용하여 임계투과압력을 측정하였다. 임계투과압력은 동일한 평균 기공 크기의 PVDF보다 PTFE가 크게 나타남을 관찰할 수 있었다. NaOH 수용액의 경우 NaOH의 농도 증가에 따라 임계투과압력은 감소하였으며 1.0 M 농도에서 최소값을 나타낸 후 다시 증가함을 확인하였다. 그러나 NaOH이 아닌 다른 염을 용해한 수용액인 NaHSO3 수용액의 경우 농도를 3.0 M까지 증가하여도 임계투과압력이 계속 감소함을 알 수 있었다. 이와 같은 현상을 이론적인 Cantor식으로 해석할 수 있었다.

Surface fog coating methods to porous pavements with a polymer, that contains MMA as a main ingredient, are being widely used in Japan and called 'Top-Coat Processes'. They have lots of effects such as to prevention of the pavement void choking, improvement of the water permeability of the pavements and so on. The purpose of this research is to show the characterization of the polymer to optimize the functions of the polymer fog-coat methods. This study focused on the difference of 'wetting' by water among polymers used for the fog coatings, and calculation the surface free energy from the water contact angle on each material. At the end, the water permeability test were conducted using porous asphalt mixtures that were coated with several kinds of polymers. The permeability was also measured on the specimens that were forcibly choked by muddy water and the resistance to choking was compared. It is concluded that the reduction of the surface free energy between water and a polymer improves the life of the permeability functions of porous pavements. Improvement of water permeation capacity and void-blocking controlling effects can be quantitatively evaluated using the interfacial tension (γsl) with water for the coating material (high-viscosity asphalt and hardening resin binder). Consequently, the smaller the γsl of the coating material the higher the water permeation capacity and void-blocking controlling effects of the porous asphalt pavements.

Pure and stable YAG powders were synthesized by a PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) polymer solution technique. PVA was used as an organic carrier for the precursor ceramic gel. The precursor gels were crystallized to YAG at relatively a low temperature of . The synthesized powders, which have nano-sized primary particles, were soft and porous, and the porous powders were ground to sub-micron size by a simple ball milling process. The ball-milled powders were densified to 94% relative density at for 1h. In this study, the characteristics of the synthesized YAG powders were examined.